Solomon Ferris

Solomon Ferris (1748-6 July 1801) was a Post Captain of the Royal Navy during the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary Wars.

Biography
Solomon Ferris was born in 1748 and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1778. He saw action during the American Revolutionary War and later took command of ships during the French Revolutionary Wars, taking part in the capture of Goree Island (in present-day Senegal) from the French Republic. In 1801, he commanded the 74-gun HMS Hannibal and her sister ship HMS Pompee at the Battle of Algeciras Bay, but he was killed when Hannibal was captured by the French.